Anna Wagner Keichline (May 24, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American architect, inventor, suffragist, and World War I Special Agent from Pennsylvania.

She studied mechanical engineering for a year at Pennsylvania State College, the only woman in her studio class, and moved to Cornell University, graduating in 1911, their fifth female to receive an architecture degree.

[5][2] She played basketball at Cornell, served as class officer, and was a sorority and drama club member.

This type of hollow clay brick was less heavy and expensive than previous iterations and was an early form of the concrete block used in construction decades later.

Early in her career, Keichline taught within the Department of Home Economics at the Pennsylvania State College.

"[11] This Gothic revival style church has an entry tower that is buttressed with oversized cross gables.

Contemporary newspaper articles note that the kitchen used for gathering was a "unique feature" and the "exposed truss effect" of the sanctuary.

[12] The theater encompassed a stage, orchestra pit, pipe organ as well as a "Cry Room" that was enclosed in glass for parents to watch movies with young children.

[14] In a news articles the clubhouse was described as “30 × 45 feet in size with eighteen foot porches opening into the main club room through five pairs of French doors.”[11] Keichline had her own automobile, which was unusual for women at the time.

This publication outlined the profile of Keichline as an American pioneer industrial designer and architect; also emphasizes Keichline's four design patents awarded for multiple-use - a kitchen sink (1912), kitchen 'units' (1926), a folding bed for apartments (1929) and the 'K Brick Building Block' (1927).

During World War I, Keichline served as a Special Agent in the Military Intelligence Division in Washington D.C.

The above might suggest a drafting or office job, but if you should deem it advisable to give me something more difficult or as I wish to say more dangerous, I should much prefer it.